Spring River Flower Moon Night: Set of 2 Volumes

Chapter 85 Taoyuan Residence (4)
Fei Xiao let go of Wang Zijin's hand, and as soon as she grabbed him, the two followed Mr. Zheng to the inner courtyard under the cover of darkness.

I saw that Mr. Zheng went straight to a room with a glazed tile roof, glanced at the lock on the door, seemed very surprised, then looked behind him to make sure that no one was there, he pushed the door open and entered again, Carefully closing the door behind him.

"Hey," Wang Zijin looked at Mr. Zheng's disappearing figure and said to Fei Xiao, "You see, he is so agile, and he is in his prime, so why do he need help from others?"

Fei Xiao shook her head and said, "Zi Jin, don't jump to conclusions now, what we see with our naked eyes may not be real." After that, he smiled, "Don't forget the Green Bamboo Village, everything you saw at that time It's all an illusion."

Wang Zijin thought of everything that happened before, the situation that he couldn't find in Qianshan Town, and tremblingly said: "You, you said, what we saw was all fake?"

"I don't know the true face of Mount Lu, but because I live in this mountain." Fei Xiao turned to the prince and said, "I can't make it tonight, I can only come back tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, he took Prince Jin and tiptoed back to their guest room.

Wang Zijin was still in shock, and repeatedly asked Fei Xiao what she saw in the sick lady's room, but Fei Xiao ignored him and fell asleep with her head covered as soon as she entered the room.

Wang Zijin had no choice but to go back to his room, but tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.It was not until dawn that he took a nap.Unexpectedly, he just fell asleep when he heard a thin voice in his ear.

"Get up, get up..." The voice sounded like a child's, and he jumped up from the bed in shock.

There was a huge head in front of him, and on that face, which was bigger than a millstone, there were a pair of green and clear eyes like a secluded pool, staring at him steadfastly.

It turned out to be the house spirit of this old house.

"Don't you want to know about Mrs. Zheng? I can tell you." Zhai Ling said in a soft voice, apparently overheard the conversation between him and Fei Xiao last night.

"Say it, tell it!" Wang Zijin immediately sat up from the bed, urging him repeatedly.

"She came back a long time ago." Zhai Ling sat by his bed, squinting his eyes and recalled, "I don't know how to calculate human time, so I don't know how many years ago. I only know that she is a very beautiful woman, but As soon as he entered the mansion, he fell seriously ill and was locked in the room for many years, and never stepped out of the door again."

"So she's still alive, not dead? Who is that woman wearing a gauze hat, asking me to be with Scarlet Silk?"

"Besides me, there are people asking you..." It said halfway, and its figure suddenly disappeared into the morning light.

Wang Zijin was wondering, when he heard a soft creaking sound from the door, Fei Xiao poked her head in.

"Zi Jin, pack up quickly, we have to go on the road." His eyes were like stars, and he smiled playfully at Prince Jin.

"On the way? Where are you going?" Wang Zijin asked in confusion, but seeing the dawn in the sky, I don't know why he said this.

"Leave this Taoyuan Wonderland." Fei Xiao replied lazily and slowly.

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And just like what he said, before Wang Zijin realized what was going on, he was told by the maid that the master didn't want them to stay for a long time, since the illness had recovered, it was best to leave quickly.

Obviously, the investigation by the two last night had offended the owner of the house.

Seeing that many puzzles were about to be solved, Wang Zijin was of course unwilling to leave, but Fei Xiao agreed readily, so after breakfast, Wang Zijin followed Fei Xiao and walked out of Zheng's mansion.

Only two maidservants sent them away, not only Mr. Zheng, but even Steward Huai did not show up.

As soon as the door was pushed open, I saw the cold rain outside the door, and the leaves were falling. It was a chilling scene of autumn, which was completely different from the spring full of spring and the fragrance of birds and flowers inside the high wall.

At this point, even though he was unwilling, he could only get on his horse and run into the autumn rain.

"Where should we go now? In fact, it's shameless, it doesn't matter if you wait one more night." Wang Zijin said dejectedly, he wanted to explore the house again tonight, but his plan was wasted like this.

"It's useless for you to stay for a few more nights. They will be on guard when they become wary." Fei Xiaofeng narrowed her eyes and said with a smile, "It's better to play hard to get and pretend to leave, but it will be easier to move."

"Okay, what you said makes sense, but it's raining and it's so cold now, where should we go to rest?"

"It's enough to find a big tree to shelter from the rain, and we can enter the Taoyuan Residence again when it gets dark."

The matter has come to this point, Wang Zijin has no choice but to follow Fei Xiao to seek shade from the rain. Fortunately, the rain stopped at noon, and the sun peeked out from behind the cumulus clouds, shining warmly on his body.

Prince Jin was tired and hungry, leaned against a tree and fell asleep, but Fei Xiao ran off to nowhere.It didn't matter that he fell asleep, but he fell into a strange dream again.

This time the person in the dream is no longer a woman in white wearing a triangular gauze hat, but a bright and charming beautiful young woman.She was sitting in front of the dressing table and doing her makeup in front of the mirror. Behind her, Mr. Zheng was wearing a brocade gown, inserting a delicate and dazzling gold hairpin into her temple.

The two looked like husband and wife at first glance, with an intimate posture, inseparable.

But at this moment, the mirror flashed, and the beauty's reflection had turned into a decayed woman, her face was ashen, with dried blood hanging from the corners of her mouth, only the phoenix hairpin on her temples was as gorgeous as ever, as if she had witnessed her past beauty Stunning face.

"This is the price. You didn't keep the promise, so you have to repay it with all your happiness!" someone murmured in the room.

A man's face was reflected in the bronze mirror, his lips were trimmed and his beard was neatly trimmed, and he looked like a fairy. He was the strange man who had chased and killed Wang Zijin.

He shook his head indifferently, and carried away the emaciated woman, while Mr. Zheng followed him like a walking corpse with his eyes lost.

The small room fell into a dead silence, but strangely, the withered flowers on the window sill opened again, the haze outside the window dissipated, and the sunshine like broken gold swayed in.

The tables and chairs seem to be covered with a layer of hazy golden light, and a crane dances in the courtyard, reflecting its figure on the window screen.

The Taoyuan Wonderland descends like a dream.

"Zijin, wake up, don't sleep." A clear male voice came from next to his ear, and Wang Zijin immediately woke up from his dream. with him.

"I had a strange dream..." Wang Zijin rubbed his eyes wearily, "It seems to be about Mr. Zheng's wife."

"You will be able to see her soon." Fei Xiao took the lead and galloped away, heading in the direction of the Taoyuan residence they had just left in the morning.

Afraid of disturbing the people in the mansion, the two tied the horse far away, and tiptoed over the wall and entered.You Feixiao, an expert at stealing chickens and dogs, quickly came to the backyard smoothly.

"Look, why is he here again?" Wang Zijin hid in the grass under the corridor, and saw Mr. Zheng coming from a distance, as if his destination was the same as theirs.

"It doesn't matter, let's go in with him, and the truth must be revealed tonight." Fei Xiao was not afraid, and pulled the prince in, following Mr. Zheng's footsteps.

I saw Mr. Zheng push the door open, the door opened slightly, Wang Zijin's legs were trembling, he was pushed and pulled by Fei Xiao, and then he walked into the mysterious lady's boudoir.

A pungent smell of incense powder came over the face, and the room was covered with layers of gauze, rippling like a cloud of smoke, which seemed to be somewhat unknown.

Fei Xiao's cold hand held him tightly all the time, and the two of them tiptoed across the hall, but they didn't notice at all that the scenery behind them had changed silently.

The colorful flowers, the shadows of the whirling trees, and the perched cranes all turned into miasma, and slipped in through the crack of the door one after another, following their footsteps.

Wang Zijin groped in the dark and came to the inner room, only to hear a man's gentle voice in the dark night.

Fei Xiao stretched out her long finger and pointed to her ear, signaling him to listen carefully.The man's voice was deep and deep, and his tone seemed to be choked with sobs.

"Yunying, can you hear me? I haven't listened to you for a long time, I miss you so much." Mr. Zheng seemed to be expressing his heartfelt love to his wife.

Wang Zijin only felt that it was inappropriate to listen to people talking privately, but seeing that Fei Xiao was still eavesdropping seriously, he could only listen along with him.

The more I listened, the more I felt something was wrong. I could vaguely hear something about Tokyo in what he said, and something about Kaibao years.

When Wang Zijin heard the dynasty he mentioned, he was immediately stunned. It was already the Jingyou period, and more than fifty years had passed since the Kaibao period that Mr. Zheng said.

Could it be that Mr. Zheng really has the art of immortality?

But seeing Feixiao's complexion as usual, it is obvious that it is a human reign name, and the rotation of dynasties is meaningless to him.

"Yunying, Yunying." Mr. Zheng continued, "What's the use of living so many years without you in my life?" After that, he said infinitely softly, "I have met Huai today. The housekeeper said, let him try his best to heal you, so that you will get better soon, he is such a powerful person, and he is responsive, you will definitely get better."

As soon as these words came out, both Wang Zijin and Fei Xiao could hear them clearly, and they stared at each other for a moment, Housekeeper Huai?What does it matter to him?Could it be that Housekeeper Huai was the one who initiated these strange incidents?

In the darkness, Fei Xiao's expression suddenly changed, she took Wang Zijin's hand, and quickly dodged to the side.

The prince staggered and couldn't stand still, and sat on the ground. Before he could ask, he heard the sound of cloth being torn in his ear, and a ball of black gas turned into a sharp sword. Back heart.

If Fei Xiao slowed down for a moment, the two of them would have become a bunch of candied haws.

"Here we come." Feixiao said and pulled Wang Zijin behind her, only to see layers upon layers of curtains slowly swaying with the wind in the dark night, showing endless amorous feelings.

What kind of horror is hidden behind such a beautiful and graceful soft curtain?
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"Who's here?" Wang Zijin asked in a trembling voice. Before he could get an answer, he saw Fei Xiao jumping up and going to a corner of the room. The white figure immediately disappeared under the overlapping curtains. middle.

Prince Jin sat on the ground alone, only listening to the sound of cloth being torn in the darkness, as if someone was fighting each other under the cover of the curtain and the darkness.

Trembling with fright, he crawled into the house on both hands and feet. He couldn't see the direction clearly in the darkness, and the curtain blocked his sight. When he looked up again, he saw a stool with steps in front of him, and a pair of women were placed on the stool. embroidered shoes.

The embroidered shoes are exquisite and small, encrusted with pearls and jade, they look like decorations rather than for wearing.

Is this woman lying on the bed all the time?The prince stood up and looked up. Sure enough, there was a carved wooden bed in front of him. The bed was also hung with thick curtains, revealing an ambiguous style.

Is this the lady's bed?Could it be the woman who asked them to be in this bed?

Thinking of the woman's white veil, Wang Zijin broke out in cold sweat, stretched out his hand tremblingly, and slowly opened the curtain blocking the bed.

A smell of corruption rushed towards his face, and when he looked at it, he felt that his heart had stopped beating.

With the little moonlight shining in the darkness, one could see the faint luster of the brocade quilt on the bed, on which lay a skeleton, wearing gorgeous clothes embroidered with intricate patterns, with his hands folded and placed on his chest.

On the cloud temple of the skeleton, a very delicate golden hairpin is inserted, which is inlaid with pearls and jade, and the precious light flows, making the white bones without skin and flesh even more miserable and terrifying.

"No, no, it's not her..." Wang Zijin tremblingly said, the woman lying on the bed, this skeleton, was not the woman who begged them to save Mr. Zheng, but the beautiful young woman he had dreamed about in the afternoon.

The beautiful woman in the dream, with a graceful and bright face, has turned into dry bones at this time.

What exactly is going on?This wife has been turned into bones, but why does Mr. Zheng come to see her every night, and hide her death from others, so as not to let her go to the ground?

At this moment, he only felt a chill on his neck, as if some weapon was on his neck.

I saw a figure gradually appearing from the curtain beside the bed in the darkness, holding a long sword with a cold luster in his hand, the man's face was like a crown jade, with a beautiful beard, it was Mr. Zheng, the owner of the house. .

"You are so rude!" Mr. Zheng's eyes were full of anger, "Why are you visiting my wife's room at night?"

"This? This is your wife?" Wang Zijin pointed to the skeleton on the bed. Does this man really want to become a fairy or go crazy?

"That's right." Mr. Zheng replied, "She looks like this now, and she will definitely become a human one day, and she will definitely be resurrected."

Wang Zijin glanced at the bones from the corner of his eye, he was afraid that even if the things were really resurrected, they would not be good, and he was a little bit more courageous.

I only heard Mr. Zheng continue to say: "Brother Huai must have a way, she will definitely sing songs with me, talk about poetry and painting like before."

"Really, really..." Wang Zijin really didn't dare to say more, after all, he had a sword on his neck, and it was not at this moment to strive for ambition.

"It's true." Mr. Zheng seemed very angry, and there was a strange light in his eyes. Wang Zijin only felt that his neck was hurting, and the sword had already cut his skin, and warm blood flowed down.

(End of this chapter)